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Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, July 13, 2008 - 10:23pm; tagged activism, alcohol, alcoholism, bar culture, community organizing, discuss!, drinking culture, inclusive spaces, obstacles to activism.

Alcohol is a depressant, right? And alcohol use and aggression/violence are related? But isn't it possible to use alcohol as a force of good, as a relaxant, as medicine? Don't we all deserve coping mechanisms?... And who are we to judge?   

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Personalizing and de-centering

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, July 9, 2008 - 1:18pm; tagged am I overthinking, blogosphere, community-building, discuss!, internet culture, reimagining feminism, resisting fame.

Isn't our new website pretty?  I'm really excited about it. Except that when I clicked on the blog page, I freaked out when I saw all of our staff/founder images, with little bits of information about us. In fact I freaked out so much that I called our web design team and begged them to take it down; it felt so exposing and self-important!  They suggested I write a blog post instead and ask some questions to y'all, so here's a stab... 

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I often think about how to build community around the work we're doing without replicating (among other things) the cult of celebrity. That's a tall order in our culture, where even in progressive and radical communities, we often see the same few talking heads saying the same things. But if we're committed to real systemic change, I believe we have to reckon with this.

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